883 private quotes tagged art

“I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences.” — Jim Morrison

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“Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.” — Amy Lowell

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“An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.” — Jean Cocteau

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“I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but I've done many.” — Robert Indiana

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“The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment.” — David Herbert Lawrence

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“Land really is the best art.” — Andy Warhol

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“Life is the art of being well deceived and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.” — William Hazlitt

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“I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza.” — Robert Indiana

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“I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.” — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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“People who don't like me talk about it as though I'm trash because I have tattoos. I find that insane because it's 2008, not the 1950s. Tattoos aren't limited to sailors. It's a form of art I find beautiful. I love it.” — Megan Fox

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“Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.” — Richard Roeper

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“You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut.” — Carly Fiorina

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“Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.” — Lionel Trilling

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“Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.” — Andre Maurois

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“It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.” — Henry James

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“The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.” — E. M. Forster

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“When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process.” — Jim Hodges

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“What is comedy? Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.” — Steve Martin

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“Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.” — Jonathan Swift

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“The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.” — Ellen Key

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“Rules and models destroy genius and art.” — William Hazlitt

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“Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.” — Stendhal

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“You begin with the possibilities of the material.” — Robert Rauschenberg

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“Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.” — Walter Winchell

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“I'm not interested in pop art.” — Billy Corgan

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